wonderful; splendid; magnificent; exceeding; incredible; remarkable
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
doing whatever one pleases; selfishness; self-indulgence
to rule; to govern; to reign over; to subdue; to suppress; to quell
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
preface; introduction; preamble
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to recall; to remember; to recollect
just one person; only one
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
number one; first; best; most; game; round
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
carelessly; inattentively
devious; cunning; sly; crafty
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
to the core; to the bone; (lit.) to the marrow
to breathe in; to inhale; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
few decades; many decades; several decades
unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination; unit (i.e. one comprised of many); group; credit (in school, university, etc.); point
the last moment; the very end
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
pride; boast; credit (to)
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
defeating; crushing; smashing; destroying
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
white flag; truce flag; surrender flag
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
foolish; nonsensical; absurd; ridiculous; trifling
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)